BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:ILLC Website X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Amsterdam X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19700329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19701025T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/NewsandEvents/Archives/2013/newsitem/4914/24- 26-May-2013-Workshop-Constructing-the-World-Cologn e-Germany DTSTAMP:20130303T000000 SUMMARY:Workshop: Constructing the World, Cologne, Germany DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130524 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130526 LOCATION:Cologne, Germany DESCRIPTION:The Emmy Noether research group "Under standing and the A Priori" is hosting an author-me ets-critics workshop with David Chalmers to critic ally discuss themes from his new book, "Constructi ng the World" (Oxford University Press 2012). The book concerns "scrutability," the thesis that all the truths about the world can, in principle, be k nown on the basis of knowledge of just a limited c lass of basic truths. Chalmers argues for the scru tability thesis and investigates which sorts of ba sic truths can serve as the relevant "scrutability base". The book explores the implications of scru tability for a range of central philosophical issu es: meaning and mental content, the existence of t he analytic and the a priori, the refutation of sk epticism, and the methodology of metaphysics, amon g others. Participation in the workshop is open, but there is a limited number of available places , and email registration is required by April 30, 2013. For more information, see http://fromthearmc hair.net/events/constructing-the-world Two sessio ns for the workshop will be determined on the basi s of blind review of submissions, and so intereste d researchers working in all areas of philosophy a re encouraged to submit abstracts for 45-minute pr esentations devoted to critical discussion of any of the themes of the book. The deadline for submis sions is March 31, 2012. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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The E mmy Noether research group "Understanding and the A\n Priori" is hosting an author-me ets-critics workshop with\n David Chalmers to critically discuss themes from his new book,\n "Constructing the World" (Oxford Univ ersity Press\n 2012). The book concerns " ;scrutability," the thesis\n that all th e truths about the world can, in principle, be kno wn\n on the basis of knowledge of just a limi ted class of basic\n truths. Chalmers argues for the scrutability thesis and\n investigate s which sorts of basic truths can serve as the\n relevant "scrutability base". The bo ok explores the\n implications of scrutabilit y for a range of central\n philosophical issu es: meaning and mental content, the existence\n of the analytic and the a priori, the refutatio n of skepticism,\n and the methodology of met aphysics, among others.\n

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Participation in the workshop is open, b ut there is a limited\n number of available p laces, and email registration is required\n b y April 30, 2013. For more information, see\n http://fromthear mchair.net/events/constructing-the-world\n

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Two sessions for the workshop will be determined on the basis\n of blind review of submissions, and so interest ed researchers\n working in all areas of phil osophy are encouraged to submit\n abstracts f or 45-minute presentations devoted to critical\n discussion of any of the themes of the book. The deadline for\n submissions is March 31, 2 012.\n

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